Hall supports NSA limits as Texas GOP split on vote

Rep. Ralph Hall voted for an amendment that would have limited a phone records collection program run by the National Security Agency. The measure failed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The vote was close — 217 to 205 — and it cobbled together two rare bipartisan coalitions. The amendment was opposed by President Obama as well as Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). But it was championed by those on the left and right wings of the House, including Democrats and Republicans.